The Nantucket Historical Association (NHA), in collaboration with the Nantucket Atheneum and Theatre Workshop of Nantucket, is pleased to present the Moby-Dick Marathon beginning Saturday, February 1, 2014, at 9 A.M. and ending approximately at Noon on Sunday, February 2. For the third year in a row, approximately 90 participants […]
Nantucket Events
Reception, Film, & Talk with Nantucket Artists
Artists Association of Nantucket (AAN) is opening a new exhibition and hosting a short film and talk on Friday and Saturday, January 10 and 11. The J. Cecelia & Seward Johnson Gallery, 19 Washington Street, will open Friday, January 10, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. for a reception featuring the […]
TOMÁŠ KUBÍNEK Certified Lunatic and Master of the Impossible
The Nantucket Dreamland Foundation joins the Nantucket New Year’s festivities for the second year in a row by bringing a world-renowned performer to the Main Stage for two family-friendly shows on December 31 at 4PM and 7PM. The Foundation’s executive director Melissa Murphy commented, “When over 1,000 people from our […]
Night of Holiday Magic December 14
The Nantucket Historical Association (NHA) is pleased to announce A Night of Holiday Magic, an all-ages, community holiday celebration sponsored by ReMain Nantucket, on Saturday, December 14, 2013, at the Whaling Museum, 13 Broad Street from 5 – 8 P.M. For the fourth year in a row, A Night of […]
A Cheerful Carol for Christmas
• by Sarah Teach • Digging up and casting away the root of all evil, Theatre Workshop of Nantucket (TWN) presents a jolly holiday musical production of “A Christmas Carol.” Charles Dickens’s familiar story is approached by adaptation writers Mike Ockrent and Lynn Ahrens with a lighter foot than the […]
Nantucket Christmas Stroll Turns 40
The instigators of the original Nantucket Christmas Stroll were merely trying to prevent islanders from escaping to Cape Cod, 30 miles across the Sound, to do their holiday shopping. Rewind to 1973, a year when local merchants, in an effort to boost the island’s holiday purse, kept shops open late […]
Local Giving for the Holidays
• by Sarah Teach • Would you call me a turkey if I told you I was going swimming with some friends in the North Atlantic on Thanksgiving Day? Though turkeys we may be, we are turkeys with a cause. This year marks the 12th Annual Cold Turkey Plunge, which […]
You Can Be the Mayor
The Nantucket Island Chamber of Commerce is seeking applicants for the 2014-15 Honorary Mayor position. Applications are due to the Chamber Office by November 20. Individuals who are Chamber members, and year-round residents may apply or may be nominated by a Chamber member. The Honorary Mayor position is an unofficial, […]
“Frankenstein” Starring Benedict Cumberbatch at The Dreamland
At 7 pm on Halloween night, Frankenstein, starring Jonny Lee Miller and Benedict Cumberbatch, will be the second encore performance by the Metropolitan Opera and London’s National Theatre to be shown in Nantucket’s Dreamland Theater. Tickets are $25 for adults and $18 for children and seniors. This performance is part […]